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[fawr-see] / fɔrˈsi /


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A spokesperson said they did not foresee any problems with gas supply: "We have a diverse energy mix and are confident in our security of supply."

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Some failures will be genuinely hard to foresee, and a standard that treats all harm as blameworthy will simply be ineffective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

One later recalled, “Nothing we newsmen ate that day led us to foresee that soybeans were destined a few years later to become an ingredient in many popular food products, some of them delicious.”

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

He failed to foresee the return to form of small-cap stocks in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

They did not foresee that by increasing their dependence on a single source of food, they were actually exposing themselves even more to the depredations of drought.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

That foresees a world of disrupted trade through tariffs and conflicts over chokepoints, more costly onshoring and less immigration, while political systems test the limits of spending to fund their militaries.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Shares rose in early European trade as the liquor group foresees a return to sustainable organic sales growth in the year ahead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Toll Brothers expects deliveries in a range from 2,600 to 2,700 units in its third quarter and foresees an adjusted home sale gross margin of 25.25%.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

He foresees a “highly probable future” where blockchain becomes a major venue for NYSE’s core operations, such as trading, clearing, settlement, capital formation and data distribution, Blaugrund said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“Lord Voldemort foresees a moment in the near future when he will not need a spy at Hogwarts?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Ireland said its new draft -- which used 2025 prices -- foresaw an overall cut on the earlier proposal of 141 billion euros, or 8 percent overall.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

At the start of the season nobody foresaw much, if any, of this.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

As governor he foresaw the economic advantages of cultivating Japanese auto manufacturers for investment in Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The signers of the Declaration of Independence never foresaw a World Cup, much less an American World Cup team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Burry replied that while it was true that he foresaw Armageddon, he wasn’t betting on it.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Inui notes that U.S. economic activity continues to hold up better than foreseen, “creating scope for companies operating in the lower-expectation areas of the market to deliver earnings beats.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Anyway all the flirtations and memoranda came to nothing, as foreseen in these pages and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

He said he had not foreseen a time when he would be monitoring so many sites and "certainly not having 16 choughlets fledge".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

To a degree that even critics could not have foreseen a year ago, the United States struts and frets on the world stage alone.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

“I had not foreseen this,” Gwydion murmured, when Taran had finished.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Second, stocks could be foreseeing a future that many Americans have yet to suss out—one, say, in which the war with Iran ends, inflation eases and growth picks up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

He is shifting Brazil exposure to longer-term bonds, foreseeing a “neutral” interest rate of 10% to 11%, eventually.

From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025

The A.M.A., reflecting a now bygone era perhaps more optimistic than our own, was foreseeing a continuing tide of advances in medical science that would carry people along in good health for decade after decade.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

In his article, Mr Wallace says he thinks Mr Netanyahu feels "shame" for not foreseeing the deadly attacks - especially as "someone who presented himself as a security hawk and tough guy".

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2023

“Send your wife up to the wedding,” exclaimed the Doctor, foreseeing a happy solution.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin


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